Advertising sign and display device with rotary drum



ADVERTISING SIGN AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH ROTARY DRUM Filed April 5, 1948Sept' 20,' E949. n E, i:- GERBER 2,482,475

JN VEN TOR,

I fa/zadm//'fef er ATTORNEY.

gitarre The drum 2l is shown as having eight facets or card and materialdisplay means. However, said number of facets may readily be varied bychanging the Width of the facets or the diameter of the drum. Upon suchchange, the number of pins 29 would obviously likewise be changed so asto at al] times correspond with the number of facets.

The outer periphery of the drum could be annular, if desired.

The case or housing l is shown as having a window H in the top and awindow I2 in the side, but it is conceivable that it could also have onein the bottom (not shown), and if the case were of a different shape,hexagon or otherwise, for example, it could readily have additionalwindows to be viewed from any side, top and bottom, if suspended abovethe eyes of the observer. Moreover, the case while varied in shape, mayalso be adapted for placement on one of its ends so as to be observedfrom any position radially of the drum 2l.

Produced from materials readily obtainable in the open market, thedevice furnishes an ideal advertising and display means that may beproduced at a reasonable cost.

As many apparent different embodiments and changes in construction ofthe invention could readily be made without departing from the scopethereof as herein shown and described, it is intended that thedescription and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not ina limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and novel, kanddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a display device, an elongated housing having a viewing windowextended longitudinally thereof, a rotary display drum comprising ringsadjacent the ends of the housing, and a plurality of elongateddisplay-holding trays extending between said rings and secured adjacenttheir ends on the outer peripheries of said rings, a plurality ofbearing rollers on the ends of said housing arranged to bear against theinner peripheries of said rings for rotatably supporting said drum withsaid trays disposed to be successively brought into view through saidWindow on rotation of said drum, abracket secured to an end of saidhousing and extending thru one of said rings into said drum, a motorsupported on said bracket having a drive shaft disposed in eccentricrelation to the axis of said drum, a plurality of drive pinsron saidlast named ring and a driving arm carried by said shaft and arranged tocontact certain vof said pins on each revolution of said shaft forintermittently turning said drum.

2. In a display device, an elongated housing having a viewing windowextended longitudinally thereof, a rotary display drum comprising ringsadjacent the ends of the housing, and a plurality of elongateddisplay-holding trays extending between said rings and secured adjacenttheir ends on the outer peripheries of said rings, a plurality ofbearing rollers on the ends of said housing arranged to bear against theinner peripheries of said rings for rotatably supporting said drum withsaid trays disposed to be successively brought into view through saidwindow on rotation of said drum, a bracket secured to an end of saidhousing and extending through one of said rings into said drum, a motorsupported on'said bracket having a drive shaft disposed in eccentricrelation to the axis of said drum, a plurality of drive lil pins on saidone ring and a driving arm carried by said shaft and arranged to contactcertain of said pins on each revolution of said shaft for intermittentlyturning said drum, and spring means arranged to frictionally restrainmovement of said drum.

3. In a display device, an elongated housing having a viewing windowextended longitudinally thereof, a rotary display drum comprising ringsadjacent the ends of the housing, and a plurality of elongatedVdisplay-holding trays extending between said rings and secured adjacenttheir ends on the outer peripheries of said rings, a plurality ofbearing rollers on the ends of said housing arranged to bear against theinner yperipheries of said rings for rotatably supporting said drum withsaid trays disposed to be successively brought into View through saidwindow on rotation of said drum, a bracket secured to an end of saidhousing and extending through one of said rings into said drum, a motorsupported on said bracket having a drive shaft disposed in eccentricrelation to the axis of said drum, a plurality of drive pins on saidlast named ring and a driving arm carried by said shaft and arranged tocontact certain of said pins on each revolution of said shaft forintermittently turning said drum, and a spring secured to said bracketand bearing on the inner periphery of said one ring to frictionallyrestrain it against movement while said driving pin is free from drivingcontact with said drive members.

4. In a display device, a housing having a viewing window, a rotarydisplay drum in said housing comprising rings and aplurality ofdisplay-holding trays extending between said rings and fixed to theouter peripheries thereof, bearing rollers supported by said housing andcontacting the inner peripheries of said rings for rotatably supportingsaid drum so that the trays will be successively presented opposite saidwindow on rotation of said drum, said housing having an opening thereinwith which the ends of the trays may be aligned ,for kplacing andremoving displays, means for rotating said drum intermittently forsuccessively positioning said trays in display alignment opposite saidwindow, a bracket carried by said housing and extending through one ofsaid rings into said drum, a motor supported on vthe portion of saidbracket Within said drum and having a shaft eccentrically disposedin-,relation to the axis of said rings, a plurality of projections onsaid rings projecting inwardly therefrom, a driving arm fixed to andextending radially from said shaft for contacting a certain one of saidprojections during each revolution of said shaft for intermittentlyturning said drum, a spring member carried by said bracket and bearinglon the inner periphery of said one ring for frictionally restrainingthedrum against rotation.

EDWARD F. GERBER.

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